BIB_ID
436135
Accession number
MA 3315.8
Creator
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.
Display Date
London, England, 1842 September 11?.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with special assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Page, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; color illustrations ; 23.3 x 19.1 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
The letter is undated. In The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, Scott has proposed September 11, 1842. See note 1, p. 81 for explanation.
Illustrated on p. 1 with an elaborate border and a portrait of Laurence Sterne; illustrated on p. 2 with animals, a motif of falling bodies, and other figures. Both illustrations in watercolors.
Part of a large collection of letters from Richard Doyle (51 items), Henry Edward Doyle (25 items), and Charles Altamont Doyle (3 items) to their father, John Doyle. See collection-level record for more information.
Location of writing inferred from contents of the letter.
The letter is undated. In The Illustrated Letters of Richard Doyle to His Father, Scott has proposed September 11, 1842. See note 1, p. 81 for explanation.
Illustrated on p. 1 with an elaborate border and a portrait of Laurence Sterne; illustrated on p. 2 with animals, a motif of falling bodies, and other figures. Both illustrations in watercolors.
Part of a large collection of letters from Richard Doyle (51 items), Henry Edward Doyle (25 items), and Charles Altamont Doyle (3 items) to their father, John Doyle. See collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Richard Doyle; Arthur Conan Doyle; Adrian Conan Doyle. Purchased from House of El Dieff, 1974.
Summary
Saying that the events of the past week do not give him enough material for a letter, so he has attempted to fill up the page with illustrations; quoting Laurence Sterne; mentioning the color of his eyes.
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